Welding rod



' Patented June 30, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK M. BECKET, OF NEW YORK, N. 'Y., ASSIGNOR 'IO ELECTED llflfEdlALL'll'RG[- CAL COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.,

A CORPORATION OF WEST VIRGINIA.

WELDING BOD.

N'o Drawing.

To all 4071097 it may concern: v

Be it known that I' FREDERICK M. Bnoxn'r,

a citizen of the United States, residing at tion.

added metal in wel This invention relates to welding rods adapted to be fused by'the electric are or ,before the blowpipe to supply fluid metal for welding, filling, sheathing or like operations. The invention comprlses novel'com positions for the .constituti'onof such rods, as hereinafter more fully described.

- The excellent properties of chromiummolybdenum steels have alread been reco nized. The desirability of we ds in whic the added metal possesses the characteristic properties of chromium-molybdenum steels was apparent, but so far as I am aware, welding with suchcompositions had not been successfully accomplished prior to my invention.

Failure to develop a chromium-molybdenum steel weld was probably due to'one or more of the following considerations. The

behavior of an alloy steel when used as the predicted because of the oxidizin and other influences which act on the 'metaIduring its deposition in the'weld. The possibility of welding with chromium-molybdenum steel of members of different composition, such as carbon steel, could not have been predicted because of the heterogeneity of the material of the joint which would result from such an operation. Special heat treatment is regarded as necessary to develop the desirable qualities of chromium-molybdenum steels, and the application .of such treatment to Welded members would be diflicult in most cases and impossible in many.

I have discovered that by using a welding rod of suitable composition, a chromium-mm lybdenum steel weld may be produced which not only equals the usual requirements but exceeds them, possessing exceptional strength and ability to withstand shocks and alternating stresses.

To obtain satisfactory must the. chromium and molybdenum be present in the rod in proper roportions, but the carbon content must a so be suitably adjusted, and one or more auxiliary agents ng cannot be accurately.

welds, not only Application filed November 3', 1922. Serial No. 598,936.

adapted tovprotect the major constituents (chromium, molybdenum and carbon) from oxidation and to produce a slag suitable to prevent the absorption of gases by the molten metal, should preferably be provided.

The chromium, molybdenum and carbon contents of the-rod should be-liigh ,enou h to insure a suflicient proportion of these e ements in the added metal after the quantities which are lost through oxidation during the welding operation are subtracted. Depending on the composition desired in the finished weld, the chromium may vary between 0.25% and 1.50%; the molybdenum between 0.10% and 0.75%; and the carbon between 0.10% and 0.50%. If the chromium and carbon are above the higher limits recited, the a welding operation becomes diflicult, and the weld tends to become brittle. The molybdecontent on the ground of economy. v

a protection against oxidation and the dissolving of nitrogen in the added metal, an

addition of silicon or manganese, or pref-.

ably both, isreoommen'ded. Manganese and s'ilicon, .when concurrentl oxidizing in a welding o ration, give a uid-sla which is highly e oacious in protecting t e metal.

I have used manganese contents between- 0.25% and 1.25%, with'silicon between 0.10%

and 0.7 5%,but I believe that the ranges for these protective elements are even wider than those covered in mytests.

An excellent-composition for general use isa steel containing; Cr, 0.75%; Mo, 0.20%;

O, 0.20%; Mn, 1.00%, and Si, 0.50%, while in a specific instance where the desirability.

of higher contents of chromium and molybdenum was indicated, I have emplo ed a rod containing: Cr, 1.35%; ,Mo, 0. 0%; C,

0.30%; Mn, 0.90%, and Si, 0.35%.

In many cases welds produced with the compositions of my invention exhibit the properties of heat-treated chromium-molybdenum steel. This is especially true when theweld is completed in two stages, metal.

m1ummo lybdenum steel is usually subjected.

The rods of my invention may belus ed wherever a weld of unusual strength is required, and the parts welded maybe chr0- mium-molybdenum or other alloy steel or car bon steel. The presence in the welding rods of elements other than those specifically mentioned herein is not precluded, and at times may be desirable.

I claim:

1. A welding rod consisting predominantly of iron and containing chromium 0.25% to 1.50%, molybdenum 0.10% to 0.75%, carbon 0.10% to 0.50%, manganese 0.25% to 1.25%, and silicon 0.10% to 0.75%.

2. A welding rod consisting predominantly of iron, and containing other elements in about the following proportions: chromium, 0.75%; molybdenum, 0.20%;.carbon, 0.20%; -manga-nese, 1.00%, and silicon, 0.50%.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

FREDERICK M. BECKET. 

